Wire-stitching folding machine



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-E. D. RADER WIRE STITCHING FOLDING MACHINE Fn'ed Dec. a. 1922l y1asheets-Sheet 18 fof l I 402 l INVENTOR Earl Rader- Patented July 3,19728.

Y EARLD. RADER, oE-Ri'iDyEoRD,y NEW YORK, I

' 0E NEW YORIQN. Y., a ooRPoRATioNjoE NEW YORK.

.AssIGNoR'ro DEXTER EOLDERLCOMPANY,

i WIRE-VSTITGHINGFOLDING MACHINE f l Application ieafneceinber s, 1922.serial No. 605,742;

" The primary object of the ypresent invention is to produce an improvedwirestitehing folding-machine in the form o f a portable self-containedfinishingunit for binderies Wire stitching devices for stitchingassemblages of sheets or signatures and mechanism Y for foldingthestitched sheets or signatures.

The improved machinemaybe fed either fby handoiautomatically, and it may'be operportable by Y' mounting it upon rollers, and

ated as an independent unit for fcQllating, stitching and folding, or itmay ybe movedy intooperati-ve relation with anyfstandard jobbing,parallel, or double-16 kfolding machine to receive partiallyV foldedsignatures directly .fromV the folding machine andV assemble them in natform Vwith'coveisheets or additional fourfpage signature sheets asou'tsets,V and wire stitch and 'finally fold such assemblages. v l v y YTo facilitate the convenient placing of the improved machine to-receive,the parti.` ally folded signaturesffrom 1 -standard fold- Ying machine,the improved machine ,islmade 'to stabilize and adjust the machine inits desired location it lis 'further' provided; with feet or lugs intheform of screwpins, whereby the machine 4can be raised off of its rollersand firmly supportedV in ythe desired locationV jupon the screw pins orfeet.. These screw pins or feet arevpreferably arranged adjacent to therear, corners-and `front centre of the bottomi frame of the machine,which is further provided with spirit levelseXteiiding in transverse andylongitudinal horizontal f Y planes, whereby the `machine'fcan'f-be''leveled in two directions inthe desired location, l

In .the preferred forni off the improved Y wire stitchingfoldingvmachine or. bindery inishineV unit Iorovid'e van automatic sheetI. l b .7 Y Y a AfeedinoV machine incl-udiner a pile su- Jortinm ,C b i5b `andelevatingl table and al suction separating and delivery devivce..This automaticfeeder maybe used for feeding 'cover sheets 'for forauxiliary signature sheets or out s erts. ,j In' addition 'tov theautomatic 4feeder for. cover sheets or. outserts the machine'A isprovidedv with the removable andlinterchan'geable Vfeed board landsignature ,feedingattalchment Then the signature feeding attachment is vin place upon the machine it can be arranged to automatically feedsignatures, Vfro'iri .aV

standard folding machine, or such signatures i v l n fing attachment isremoved and the feed Thel improved machine includcs'feeding andcollating devices` vfor sheets orsignatures,

board put in place, the 'partially folded signatures orsheetslmay be fedin flat form by handvljiThe,macliine'is thus equipped for y feedingsignatureseither automatically or by handy with 'signaturef feedingattachment or by lian dalonewith :the ordinary feed board.

- tThe 'improved machine-is further .provided with an V`autoinatical'ycontrolled collating gauge and side registering joggers, by which coversheets or c `iuts erts A are assembled Withfiatformsignatures o1' sheetsandv then passed toL the wire stitching mechanisms The collating gaugeyis under the control of trip lingers, which prevent thelifting of thegauge and theaction'of'the roller delivery in fthe absence of a,sheetror signature from either source of supply. This-automatic `tripconti-ol alsofcontrols theV actionoffthc Yuitomatic cover or oiiftsert?feeder, sothat al f sheetwill `not be'fffed: from this-.automaticfeeder; when theabsence of a sheetor signa- ,ture has been dete'ctedgbythe tripping dewhereby vthe stitched rassemblages, Ofsheets orsignatures are givenytheirfinal fold upon the `line of'stitching andVdelivered toa pack# The improved -i fold mechanism-with an adjustable,gauge- "ing box-lor other suitable suport.v .The wire stitchingldevicesfare operated by'a suitab'lemr ,mechanism `having anA lautomaticclutch lwhichwis underV the controlof-a sheet-actuated trip so thatinthe absence of an lassemblage ofjsheets heads will. not lbe operated--lf .f

fllie portable stitching fo ja rself-contained unit-j hav-ing itsownmotor .and its own aiiypump forthe suction feeder, i yso that when thelmachine isv moved to any l desired vlocationjinthe bindery it is onlynec- 1.5- essai-y to connect up to the motor supply p X105 `wires withasource. of electriccurrent. v -i i 'Aside fronrthe; 'important use @ofthe l iniprovedrwire stitching folding machine asl a single foldstitehing'foldery'its great-'iml y i ijc'ungniachine' is or signatures,"the stitching-V 'y portance lies in its use for finishing the work ofcollating, stitching and folding signatures eit-her with or withoutcovers. At the present time this work is usually performed upon standardVfoldingA machines by com-v pletely folding ,thesignatures of a desirednumber of pages, then separately folding the cover sheets, and finallyinserting sig natures in the coverswby Vfirst opeiiingthese folded partsand placing them in inserted relation upon the saddleof aV stitchingmachine. This inserting work is most comymonly done by hand, but is insome cases `performed by automatic machinery. In

,In'order that theinventionmay be fully "understood rit will first bedescribed with "chine;

Figure 5is a rear end view ofthe .iin-

freference tol the accompanying drawings andthe novelty afterwardspointed out more particularly vin the annexed claims.

`In said drawings: i

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved collating stitching foldingmachine; Figure 2 is a similar view of the same' taken from the Vopposite side of the ina-v chine;

Figure and feeder for cover or outse-rt sheets;

of the improved machine;

' complete rplan vievvof the improved maproved ymachine Figure 6 isanlnal'seetional view *of the forward part of the improved `machine;

' Figurea' isa similar view. of part of the "nal sectional views of thesuction separatoi` A Vandfeeder for cover or outsert sheets, the twoviews showing parts in shiftedposi-;

Vtion to illustrate the operat-ion of the niechasame'niechanism showingthe shifted posi- ,tion of the automatic controlling devices;

Figures 7528 and 9 are detail views of one of theim'proved suctionseparating and `feeding devices for cover or outsert sheets; j lFigure10 is a longitudinal sectional view,

takenV on the line 10-1O of Figure 3;

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Figures 13 and 14 are detail sectionalk ele-4 vations of the pileelevating governor mechanism;

Figure 15 is an 3 is a plan view of the forward end of said machine, thefeed boardbeing broken away to'show the suction separatorv mechanismillustrating particularly the sheet Figure 4 isa similar view ofthe rearpart of the stitching foldingl machine; Figures Siand 4L taken togethe-rgive a` Aenlarged vertical longifl tudinal sec-tional view of the vrearportion of the improvedmachine taken on the line 15-15 of Figure 4 andshowing the stitching and final fold mechanism;

Figure 16 is ,asimilanview.y taken on the line 16-16 of Figure 4;

Figure 17 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the packing boxmechanism; Figure 18 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on'the line 18-18 of Figure 1G; Figure 19 isa horizontal lsectional viewtaken on the line 19-19 `of Figure 17;

Figure 2O is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line20-20of Figure 17 Figures 21 and 22 are enlarged detail sectional viewsillustrating the automatic clutch for controlling the operation of theVwire stitching mechanisms; y i Figures 23 and 24. are detail sectionalviewsv of the sheet actuatedfcontroller for the collated sheet deliveryand the suction cover feeder Figure 25 is avertica-l longitudinal lsec-I tional 'view ofthe forward portion of vthe actuated electric controlof the driving motor Figures 30 and 31 are detail views of parts of saidautomatic control devices.`

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The improved machine including feeding mechanisms, collating orassembling devices,

Y l stapling orv stitching mechanisms, a final enlarged vverticallongitudi- ,lustrated, a mainA horizontal base frame '1 supporting theupwardly projecting main side frames 2 and 3, which are suitably bracedby the usual tierods and shafting upon which theoperative partsaremounted.

l rl`he base frame 1 is supported upon a plu- AFigures'll and 12 arevertical longitudii i lll rality of caster wheels 5 suitably mounted /ata plurality of. points, preferably adjacent tol two corners at one endofthe machine and in the center at the opposite end of the 'm2QhiI1e,VWth screw legs or fe'etcindicated

